Open AccessCan bronchial asthma be classified based on the immunological status?
Author(s) -
Roopakala Mysore Subrahmanyam,
S Chandrashekara,
Pushpa Krishna,
Chickbllapur Rayappa Wilma Delphine Silvia,
Sandeep Thirunavukkarasu,
Kusuma Devi,
Mohan Rao,
Vasantha Kumar M.V.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.80323
Subject(s) - medicine , immunoglobulin e , asthma , immunology , cytokine , interleukin 4 , antibody
Bronchial asthma is a chronic disorder of the airways. Bronchial asthma can be broadly categorized into atopic and nonatopic based on the immunological status, which may be helpful to plan appropriate treatment. In this study, the cytokine profile of the blood was estimated to evaluate the difference between the atopic and the nonatopic asthmatics.